STUCK OUTSIDE THE POOR DOOR
More than 88,000 people have applied to enter the “poor door” at a new luxury condominium tower on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Only [...]
Read MoreMore than 88,000 people have applied to enter the “poor door” at a new luxury condominium tower on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Only [...]
Read MoreKaylyn Sigman is a high school senior with big plans. A star soccer player from a poor rural Appalachian Ohio community who loves calculus and [...]
Read MoreA budget is a moral document; it talks about where your values are. – Representative Rob Woodall (R-GA) discussing the House Budget Committee’s FY2016 Proposal There [...]
Read MoreMany children and families eagerly look forward to the end of the school year and the carefree days of summer, playing outside in the warm [...]
Read MoreUnder New York’s juvenile justice system a child as young as seven can be arrested for a crime, and a 16-year-old is automatically charged as [...]
Read MoreCongress is about to strike a deal that takes care of seniors and doctors but leaves low-income and “at risk” children short. Congress’ annual struggle [...]
Read MoreFifty years ago I traveled from Mississippi to Selma, Alabama on March 21st, 1965 to join Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and thousands of fellow [...]
Read MoreToo much and for too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National [...]
Read MoreOne of my sheroes is Sojourner Truth. A brilliant but illiterate woman, she was a great orator and powerful presence who possessed great courage and [...]
Read MoreFor fifty years Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) has been the primary source of federal funding targeted to [...]
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